Attendance Thread - Watford

[L18SFC]

My guess is they’ve given away 1000 tickets or so to family and friends that won’t count on the attendance if it’s announced as low as 45000

They’ll all count

 

[ca8msm]

My guess is they’ve given away 1000 tickets or so to family and friends that won’t count on the attendance if it’s announced as low as 45000

We might just have missed those blocks being on sale on their site and they really have sold.

 

[Hmmmmmm returns]

They’ll all count

Should be around 47000 then

 

[viccarlton]

I'm not a civil engineer marra, so would never be able to argue against that. However, if a massive sky scraper can be built in a tight space like a major city centre, then extending that stadium would surely be doable? Like I say though there's obviously people that know a lot better than I do.

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[Northumberland Rocks]

Added. Not many left now

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Where is the link to this mate?

 

[seaham ftm]

Should be around 47000 then

Won’t be. It’s 47,000 when there’s a sold out away end. They are bringing around 1000 according to be various sources. Will be around 45.5, unless they release more blocks for us to buy.

 

[Deleted member 52509]

Should be around 47000 then

Not bad for a newly promoted side!

 

[ca8msm]

Where is the link to this mate?

It's just the

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but with a bit of a hack added to it to get it displaying the full ground at once

 

[Dave_39]

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[Hmmmmmm returns]

Won’t be. It’s 47,000 when there’s a sold out away end. They are bringing around 1000 according to be various sources. Will be around 45.5, unless they release more blocks for us to buy.

But it shouldn’t be. A sold out away end and home end will should he 48500+

Watford haven’t sold 1000 and the front of the concourse is about 700 tickets. Even allowing for a bit of segregation if it’s sold out it should be around 46800

 

[L18SFC]

Should be around 47000 then

I reckon 46k max

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

It's just the

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but with a bit of a hack added to it to get it displaying the full ground at once

Cheers.

 

[seaham ftm]

But it shouldn’t be. A sold out away end and home end will should he 48500+

Watford haven’t sold 1000 and the front of the concourse is about 700 tickets. Even allowing for a bit of segregation if it’s sold out it should be around 46800

The capacity of the ground isn’t 49,000. Why do you think whenever we have sold out against the mags the attendance has been around 47,000.

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

Looks like under 200 left

 

[Locke's SAFC]

Building costs are capital expenditure, and only hit cash flow, not profit. Given the ground is valued as an investment property, and not at cost, its impact in P&L terms is zero. Fund it from long-term external finance, and it's more than sustainable.

This makes no sense, mate.

Call it the P&L, the balance sheet, cashflow, or whatever you want to call it; but in the end you need to be able to pay for it.

A bit like you building a conservatory. You can only pay for it if you have the money now or you're expecting money in the future. Whether or not you call the means to pay my account, the joint account, or the money under the floorboards; doesn't matter one bit.

SAFC cannot afford to extend the stadium unless there is guaranteed income as a result to offset those costs/borrowings, and there isn't as it stands.

 

[Hmmmmmm returns]

The capacity of the ground isn’t 49,000. Why do you think whenever we have sold out against the mags the attendance has been around 47,000.

There are pretty much 49000 seats in the ground. Take away unsold seats and front of NSU it should be around 46500/47000.

The mags haven’t had the front of the NSU and more segregation.

 

[Hetty]

41,992 Total Seats Made Available
41,781 Home Fans
2,474 Corporate
1,000 Away Fans (1955 Allocation)
Less c350 Blanked Out
44,905 Total
211 Available Seats For Sale

 

[redranger65]

This makes no sense, mate.

Call it the P&L, the balance sheet, cashflow, or whatever you want to call it; but in the end you need to be able to pay for it.

A bit like you building a conservatory. You can only pay for it if you have the money now or you're expecting money in the future. Whether or not you call the means to pay my account, the joint account, or the money under the floorboards; doesn't matter one bit.

SAFC cannot afford to extend the stadium unless there is guaranteed income as a result to offset those costs/borrowings, and there isn't as it stands.

Absolutely right . people get carried away capacity is big enough .

 

[seaham ftm]

There are pretty much 49000 seats in the ground. Take away unsold seats and front of NSU it should be around 46500/47000.

The mags haven’t had the front of the NSU and more segregation.

There isnt. When other clubs sell out it is around the given capacity figure. We have never been around 49,000. In the last 10 years. Party Due to the press box being moved. Saturday will be around 45.5 given Watfords unsold tickets and the front of the north stand upper not being used

 

[gipetto]

I disagree. I think it would look better with seats behind both goals. And corners. (A bit like Old Trafford and Celtic Park. But that's just my opinions.

It's 66,000 not 63,000. 11,000 extra all the way from South to North

I think we originally got planning permission for 66k, but the truth is, it could be considerably higher. Should defo consider expanding it if we go up though, got to think towards the future.